Second hand smoke “a threat to child's health and development”
| 1 | Youth Action on Tobacco Control and Health (YATCH), Programs, Nigeria |
Publication date: 2018-03-01
Tob. Induc. Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 1):A53
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Background:
According to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2008, 25.9% students in Lagos Nigeria currently live in homes where others smoke in their presence, 43.1% are around others who smoke in places outside their home, 14.6% of the students currently use any tobacco product. 38.9% think smoke from others is harmful to them, 5.0% have one or more parents who smoke while 2.4% have most or all friends who smoke. It is evident that second-hand smoke causes many of the same diseases as direct smoking, including cardiovascular diseases, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases.
Methods:
A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out in Ibadan, involving students who doesn't attend schools regularly in 10 schools in Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria. A multistage cluster random sampling was employed to select 300 students in the schools. Data was collected using structured questionnaires by trained interviewers.
Results:
The result revealed that 141 (47%) were within the age group 15 to 17 years, 110 (36.7%) were within the age group 12 to 14 years while 49 (16.3%) of the respondents were within the age group 18 to 20 years. Ninety one (30.3%) of the respondents live with both parents, 79 (26.3%) live with relatives, 66 (22%) live with father alone while 64 (21.3%) also live with mother alone. A majority, 149 (49.7%) have relatives, parents or siblings who smoke around them, 123 (41%) have experienced sicknesses related to pneumonia and 90 (30%) have experience asthma. The result further showed that about 268 (89.4%) students not attending school regularly are attributed to second hand smoking related illnesses.
Conclusions:
Since Second Hand Smoke affects a child's health, education and overall development in Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria. The State government should intensify effort towards domestication of the National Tobacco Control Law in Oyo State.
According to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2008, 25.9% students in Lagos Nigeria currently live in homes where others smoke in their presence, 43.1% are around others who smoke in places outside their home, 14.6% of the students currently use any tobacco product. 38.9% think smoke from others is harmful to them, 5.0% have one or more parents who smoke while 2.4% have most or all friends who smoke. It is evident that second-hand smoke causes many of the same diseases as direct smoking, including cardiovascular diseases, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases.
Methods:
A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out in Ibadan, involving students who doesn't attend schools regularly in 10 schools in Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria. A multistage cluster random sampling was employed to select 300 students in the schools. Data was collected using structured questionnaires by trained interviewers.
Results:
The result revealed that 141 (47%) were within the age group 15 to 17 years, 110 (36.7%) were within the age group 12 to 14 years while 49 (16.3%) of the respondents were within the age group 18 to 20 years. Ninety one (30.3%) of the respondents live with both parents, 79 (26.3%) live with relatives, 66 (22%) live with father alone while 64 (21.3%) also live with mother alone. A majority, 149 (49.7%) have relatives, parents or siblings who smoke around them, 123 (41%) have experienced sicknesses related to pneumonia and 90 (30%) have experience asthma. The result further showed that about 268 (89.4%) students not attending school regularly are attributed to second hand smoking related illnesses.
Conclusions:
Since Second Hand Smoke affects a child's health, education and overall development in Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria. The State government should intensify effort towards domestication of the National Tobacco Control Law in Oyo State.
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